TY - JOUR
T1 - Quality of life is more than the sum of its parts
AU - Gourin, Christine G.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - The mean quality of life (QOL) score has been shown to be an insensitive measure of the effect of a treatment on QOL because of patient adaptation to disability. Stage, primary tumor site, surgical treatment, chemotherapy, and high attrition rates influence QOL assessment and need to be incorporated into QOL analysis.
AB - The mean quality of life (QOL) score has been shown to be an insensitive measure of the effect of a treatment on QOL because of patient adaptation to disability. Stage, primary tumor site, surgical treatment, chemotherapy, and high attrition rates influence QOL assessment and need to be incorporated into QOL analysis.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.05.026
DO - 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.05.026
M3 - Article
C2 - 18656728
AN - SCOPUS:47549110170
SN - 0194-5998
VL - 139
SP - 273
EP - 274
JO - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 2
ER -